1930–31 Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup
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| title = 1930–31 Northern Rugby Football League season
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| duration = 38 Rounds
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| season_champs = {{leagueicon|swinton|16}} Swinton (3rd title)
| season_champ_name = Champions
| league_leaders = {{leagueicon|swinton|16}} Swinton
| league_leaders_name = League Leaders
| second_place = {{leagueicon|leeds|16}} Leeds
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| top_scorer = {{flagicon|WAL}} Jim Sullivan ({{leagueicon|wigan|16}} Wigan Warriors) (278)
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| top try scorer = {{flagicon|AUS}} Eric Harris ({{leagueicon|leeds|16}} Leeds) (58)
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| prevseason_link = 1929–30 Northern Rugby Football League season
| prevseason_year = 1929–30
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The 1930–31 Rugby Football League season was the 36th season of rugby league football.
Season summary
Swinton won their third Championship when they defeated Leeds 14-7 in the play-off final. They had also finished the regular season as league leaders.
The Challenge Cup Winners were Halifax who beat York 22-8.
The format of the competition was changed so that all clubs played the same number of matches, and percentages were done away with.{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=350 |title=1930-31 Season summary |access-date=2009-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826220454/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=350 |archive-date=2009-08-26 |url-status=live }}
Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. St Helens Recs beat Wigan 18–3 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Huddersfield 10–2 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Championship
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!width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts | ||||||||
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|1 | Swinton | 38 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 504 | 156 | 64 |
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|2 | Leeds | 38 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 695 | 258 | 59 |
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|3 | Wigan | 38 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 657 | 199 | 58 |
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|4 | Oldham | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 464 | 178 | 58 |
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|5 | Huddersfield | 38 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 545 | 272 | 56 |
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|6 | Halifax | 38 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 405 | 283 | 53 |
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|7 | St. Helens | 38 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 502 | 344 | 51 |
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|8 | Hunslet | 38 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 523 | 278 | 50 |
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|9 | Salford | 38 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 420 | 256 | 49 |
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|10 | Warrington | 38 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 447 | 291 | 48 |
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|11 | York | 38 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 441 | 361 | 47 |
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|12 | St. Helens Recs | 38 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 436 | 243 | 44 |
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|13 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 38 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 345 | 399 | 42 |
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|14 | Wakefield Trinity | 38 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 510 | 438 | 40 |
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|15 | Wigan Highfield | 38 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 398 | 435 | 37 |
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|16 | Hull | 38 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 398 | 428 | 36 |
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|17 | Broughton Rangers | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 376 | 366 | 35 |
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|18 | Dewsbury | 38 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 418 | 406 | 30 |
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|19 | Barrow | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 350 | 481 | 30 |
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|20 | Castleford | 38 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 351 | 539 | 30 |
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|21 | Leigh | 38 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 248 | 479 | 25 |
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|22 | Widnes | 38 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 245 | 450 | 24 |
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|23 | Batley | 38 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 245 | 505 | 23 |
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|24 | Rochdale Hornets | 38 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 330 | 557 | 22 |
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|25 | Keighley | 38 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 242 | 705 | 16 |
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|26 | Featherstone Rovers | 38 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 265 | 486 | 15 |
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|27 | Bramley | 38 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 251 | 636 | 13 |
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|28 | Bradford Northern | 38 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 227 | 809 | 9 |
Championship play-off
{{4TeamBracket
| RD1=Semi-finals
| RD2=Championship final
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=Swinton
| RD1-score1=16
| RD1-seed2=4
| RD1-team2=Oldham
| RD1-score2=3
| RD1-seed3=2
| RD1-team3=Leeds
| RD1-score3=13
| RD1-seed4=3
| RD1-team4=Wigan
| RD1-score4=0
| RD2-team1=Swinton
| RD2-score1=14
| RD2-team2=Leeds
| RD2-score2=7
}}
Challenge Cup
{{main|1930–31 Challenge Cup}}
Halifax beat York 22-8 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 40,368.
This was Halifax’s third Challenge Cup final win in four Cup Final appearances.
To date this was the only Challenge Cup Final appearance by York.{{cite web|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |title=RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour |access-date=2009-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |archive-date=2009-04-03 |url-status=dead }}
References
{{Reflist}}
Sources
- [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=350 1930-31 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website]
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Category:1930 in English rugby league